Adjustable telephone-support.



R. KRUM & H. WEINGARTNER.

ADJUSTABLE TELEPHONE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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ROBERT KRUM AND HENRY WEINGABTNER, OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

ADJUSTABLE TELEPHQNE-SUPPORT.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT KRUM and HENRY WEINGARTNER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Douglas and Stateof Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Telephone-Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to adjustable telephone supports, and moreespecially to supports of that class adapted to be secured to a desk orthe wall adjacent to the desk to enable one seated at or standing neareither end or side of the desk to dispose the telephone in properposition for use without rising from his seat or stepping to anotherposition, our special object being to produce a device of this characterwhich embodies the desirable features of simplicity, strength,durability and cheapness of construction.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiarfeatures of construction and organization as hereinafter described andclaimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to behad to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1, is a longitudinalsection on the line 1I of Fig. 2, of an adjustable telephone supportembodying our invention and shown in operative relation to a desk. Fig.

2, is a top plan view of the device detached from its supporting post orbracket. Fig. 3, is avertical section taken on the line III-III of Fig.2.

In the said drawing, 1 indicates a post projecting upward from a bracket2, adapted to be secured to a desk 3 or other support. Near its upperend the post is provided wit-h an enlargement or collar at and at itsupper extremity it terminates in a reduced bolt extension 5 to receive anut 6.

7 is an arm mounted pivotally on the upper end of the post and restingupon the collar at and retained in position by nut 6, and said arm isprovided with a. longitudinal channel 8.

9 is a tubular arm of rectangular form in cross section, fitting snuglywithin the channel of arm 7 and pivoted to the latter at 10,.

the parts being so arranged that said tubular arm may be swung upwardfrom or downward to a horizontal position, the bottom of the channeledarm forming a stop to limit the downward movement and to normally holdthe arm in a horizontal position.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed November 2, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 526,-277.

Near its outer end the tubular arm is provided internally with a stop orshoulder 11 and fitting slidably or telescopically within the tubulararm is an extension arm 1a. A shoulder 13 is formed at or secured to theinner end of the extension arm to engage stop or shoulder 11 and preventthe extension arm being wholly withdrawn from the tubular arm. At itsfree end the extension arm is formed with an outwardly bowed portion14's terminating in a lip 15, and se: cured to the said arm is anoppositely bowed cap 16, disposed opposite the bowed portion 1st andforming in conjunction therewith, a sleeve for the reception of thestandard or post portion of a telephone, cap 16 being provided with alip 17 paralleling and spaced from lip 15. Lip 17 is provided with abolt 18 extending loosely through lip 15 and engaging said bolt is awing-nut 19 whereby one is enabled to cause the cap 16 and bowed portionlat to clamp between them the said standard or post portion of thetelephone in order to reliably support the latter.

Assuming that one seated at a desk to the opposite side of which bracket2 is secured, such person may simply reach out and grasp the telephoneand draw it toward him, the extension arm 12 sliding outward therequisite distance. If the telephone is not directly opposite theoperator, the latter swings it to the right or to the left as necessary,the post 1 forming the axis of such movement. If the operator should beoccupylng a standing position, he may raise the telephone as well aseffect the other adjustments mentioned if necessary, the telephoneswmging upward with pivot 10 as the axis of such movement.

When the use of the telephone is discontinued, it is lowered until thetubular arm rests upon the bot-tom of the channeled arm 8 and thetelephone is pushed away from the operator toward post 1, not only toget it out of the way of the operator but also to dispose it nearer post1 and thus reduce its leverage on said post and the means by which thebracket is secured to the desk.

From the above description it will be apparent that we have produced anadjustable telephone support embodying the features of advantageenumerated as desirable, which is susceptible of modification in minorparticulars Without departing from the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described the invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

1. An adjustable telephone support comprising a post, an arm mounted forswinging movement in the horizontal plane of said post, a tubular armpivoted for vertical movement on the horizontally movable arm, means toprevent said vertically movable arm swinging below a predeterminedposition, an extension arm fitting slidingly in the tubular arm,shoulders bearing a fixed relation to said arm to prevent the extensionarm -from being totally withdrawn -from the tubular arm, and a sleeve atthe free end of said extension arm for the reception of the standard orpost: portion of the tele phone.

2. An adjustable telephone support comprising a post, an arm mounted forswinging movement in the horizontal plane of said post, a tubular armpivoted for vertical movement on the horlzontally movable arm, means toprevent said vertically movable arm swinging below a predeterminedposition, an extension arm fitting slidingly in the tubular arm andprovided at its outer or free end with a laterally bowed portion, anoppositely bowed cap secured to the ex tension arm opposite said bowedportion, and means whereby the said cap and bowed portion may be causedto clamp an object between them.

3. A telephone support, comprising a post suitably supported, an armpivoted for lat-- eral movement on said post' and provided with achannel in its upper side, a tubular arm pivoted in the channel of thefirstnamed arm and limited as to downward movement by the latter andprovided at its outer end with an internal shoulder, an eX- tension armfitting slidingly in said tubular arm. and provided at its inner endwith a depending shoulder in alinement with the first-named shoulder andinward thereof, and means whereby a telephone may be secured to theouter end of said extension arm. In testimony whereof we aliix oursignatures, in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT KRUM. HENRY \VEINGARTNER. Vl itnesses E. C. NIEDEMANN, G. 0.MILLER.

